Archive for March, 2009

Lost Decade Investing Makes Price Paramount: Jane Bryant Quinn

April 1 — Here’s one of Wall Street’s best-kept secrets: If you were investing 30 years ago, your best choice, for the long run, would have been super-safe Treasury bonds. That’s where the money turned out to be.


CNOOC to invest $6.5 bln to expand Huizhou refinery

BEIJING, April 1 – China offshore oil firm CNOOC has decided to invest 44.2 billion yuan to almost double the capacity of its first major refinery in southern China, local media and a company official said on Wednesday.


Electronics, information investment up 26% in Jan-Feb

China’s electronics and information industry reported a fixed assets investment of 30.7 billion yuan in January and February, up 25.6 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Tuesday.


Premier welcomes Chinese investment in FMG

Premier Colin Barnett has welcomed China’s substantial stake in Fortescue Metals Group, saying Australia needs to encourage Chinese investment in its mining and resources sector. Mr Barnett said he b


Premier welcomes Chinese investment in FMG

Premier Colin Barnett has welcomed China’s substantial stake in Fortescue Metals Group, saying Australia needs to encourage Chinese investment in its mining and resources sector.


Contrarian Google launches investment fund

Google’s new investment arm will focus on start-ups working on the Internet, biotech, green tech, software, and health care.


Contrarian Google launches investment fund

Google’s new investment arm will focus on start-ups working on the Internet, biotech, green tech, software, and health care.


China’s electronics, information investment up 26% in first two months

China’s electronics and information industry reported a fixed assets investment of 30.7 billion yuan in January and February, up 25.6 percent year on year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Tuesday. The growth was 5.1 percentage points higher than the same period last year, the ministry said in a Web statement, but it did not cite reasons for the …


China’s electronics, information investment up 26% in first two months

China’s electronics and information industry reported a fixed assets investment of 30.7 billion yuan in January and February, up 25.6 percent year on year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Tuesday. The growth was 5.1 percentage points higher than the same period last year, the ministry said in a Web statement, but it did not cite reasons for the …


FACTBOX-Australian foreign-investment guidelines

SYDNEY, April 1 – Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan issued guidelines on the foreign-investment approval process in February 2008, after critics argued that the process was murky and open to political pressures.